Extensive Hair Shaft Growth After Mouse Whisker Follicle Isolation, Cryopreservation, and Transplantation in Nude Mice

    December 2015 in “ PloS one ”
    Wenluo Cao, Lingna Li, Benjamin Tran … Robert M. Hoffman
    Studysummary In this study, cryopreserved mouse whisker hair follicles were shown to maintain their hair growth potential and functional recovery, with DMSO being more effective than glycerol for cryopreservation.
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